Intro
G#m F# D#m E Fm
G#m B D#m G#m
G#m F# D#m E
G#m B D#m G#m
[Chorus]
G#m
We only got one life
D#m
So I’m gonna live mine
E G#m B
I’ve got my story to tell to the people out there
D#m G#m
For anybody listening
G#m
Only got one life
D#m
So I’m gonna use mine
E Fm G#m
To help the lost get found
B D#m G#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 1]
C#m F#
I said one life, one love, many gods up above
D#m E G#m
Spirits within sing a message of love
B
To the ones who are hurting know this ain’t the end
D#m G#m
Well the sun it goes down but it comes back again
F#
I wanna know, where is the place that you go?
D#m E G#m
When your heart is hurting and your head is hung low
D#m
Music, sweet music, she takes you away
G#m
Fills you with hope and nurtures your pain
B
Yes, this is the healing
E D#m
This is the reason we singing these songs
G#m B C#m G#m
So the fullness of joy can be felt when everybody sings along
F#
So open up the time has come and we’ve got to be on our way
D#m E D#m
We’re leaving everything we knew behind with yesterday
G#m B
And manifesting dreams that turn into reality
D#m G#m
One love to guide, one life to lead
[Chorus]
G#m
Only got one life
D#m E
So I’m gonna live mine
G#m
I won’t be broken by their rules
B D#m G#m
Criticized by fools, I know what I am here to bring
G#m
If we only got one life
D#m E
Then I’m gonna use mine
G#m
To help the lost get found
B D#m G#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 2]
G#m F#
I’m gonna lift up my brothers, not compare myself to others
D#m E C#m
Focus only on what I can save
G#m
To make the world a better place
B
Help relate to all them
D#m G#m
Face my problems in a better way
G#m
Said we can learn to lead
F# D#m E C#m
Speaking of new breeds of men who understand that we must fight to see
G#m
Destruction of the darker way
B
Here to chase the fear away
D#m G#m
We must secure a place for all
G#m
We’ll be a light in the dark
G#m G# D#m
Blood in the heart, gun at the start
C#m
And the sea it will part
G#m D#
For glorious new dawn, of children carry on
D#m G#m
The teachings and the mothers and the fathers, move along
[Bridge]
G#m F#
Said we move, move, we move along
D#m E
We move, move, we move along
G#m B
Said move, move, we move along
D#m G#m
Cuz we only got one life
[Chorus]
G#m
We only got one life
D#m E
So I’m gonna live mine
G#m B
I said I’m making my way, get better everyday
D#m G#m
Let love determine my direction
G#m
If we only got one life
D#m E
So I’m gonna use mine
G#m
To help the lost get found
B D#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
[Verse 3]
G#m
This wheel spins round and round
F# D#m E
We all have days upside down
G#m B
Today it might be me, tomorrow may be you
D#m G#m
Take a look at life through the soft eyes of truth
F#
Oh, I’ve been the one who’s lost
D#m E
Yea we all got work to do
G#m B
Can you see the angry child inside?
G#m
Hating what they put him through
I wanna set the record straight
C#m
Life is full of tragedy
C#m G#m
But your reaction is the difference
B D#m
And the difference is the reason that you live in hell or harmony
G#m F#
Call to spirit, can you hear it?
D#m
Can you feel me?
E
Do not fear it
G#m B
Moving with you through every moment’s issue
D#m G#m
We never are alone in this oneness we call home
[Chorus]
G#m
We only got one life
F# D#m E
So I'm gonna live mine
G#m B
I've got my story to tell to the people out there
D#m G#m
For anybody listening
G#m
Only got one life
F# D#m E
So I'm gonna use mine
G#m
To help the lost get found
B D#m G#m
Unite them with the sound of a thousand voices singing
N.C.
One life